Public employees. Less than half of the states include state employees in their definitions of public official and of those, most only include high-level employees. Effective June 2008, Illinois added sworn law enforcement or peace officers to their definition. Excluding legislators.
Definition of dogwood winter. South & Midland. : a brief spell of wintry weather in spring.
Dogwood trees (Cornus varieties) are a group of deciduous trees grown mainly as small landscape specimens valued for. their beautiful spring show of flowers. Cornus florida and Cornus kousa are the two primarily grown species, although a. few others are also grown including a Pacific Northwest native, Cornus nuttallii.